Transmission apparatus, transmission method, reception apparatus, and reception method

ABSTRACT

Both a conventional receiver and an HDR-compatible receiver well perform electro-optical conversion processing on transmission video data obtained by using an HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic. High dynamic range opto-electronic conversion is performed on high dynamic range video data to obtain the transmission video data. Encoding processing is performed on this transmission video data to obtain a video stream. A container of a predetermined format including this video stream is transmitted. Metadata information indicating a standard dynamic range opto-electronic transfer characteristic is inserted into a layer of the video stream, and metadata information indicating a high dynamic range opto-electronic transfer characteristic is inserted into at least one of the layer of the video stream and a layer of the container.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No.17/135,685, filed Dec. 28, 2020, which is a continuation of U.S.application Ser. No. 15/510,876 filed Mar. 13, 2017, (now U.S. Pat. No.10,924,184), which is a National Stage Application of PCT ApplicationNo. PCT/JP2015/080541, filed Oct. 29, 2015, and claims priority ofJapanese patent application 2014-227297 filed Nov. 7, 2014, the entirecontents of all of which are incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present technology relates to a transmission apparatus, atransmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method, andin particular to a transmission apparatus or the like that transmitstransmission video data obtained by applying high dynamic rangeopto-electronic conversion to high dynamic range video data.

BACKGROUND ART

Conventionally, it is considered to transmit transmission video dataobtained by applying high dynamic range opto-electronic conversion tohigh dynamic range video data. Hereinafter, the high dynamic range isreferred to as “HDR” as appropriate. For example, Non-Patent Document 1describes an HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic (new gammacharacteristic) including a region compatible with a conventionalopto-electronic transfer characteristic (gamma characteristic)considering reception by a conventional receiver.

CITATION LIST Non-Patent Document

-   Non-Patent Document 1: Tim Borer, “Non-Linear Opto-Electrical    Transfer Functions for High Dynamic Range Television”, Research &    Development White Paper WHP 283, July 2014

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention

For example, when transmitting transmission video data obtained by usingthe above-described HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristicincluding the region compatible with the conventional opto-electronictransfer characteristic, it is necessary that the conventional receivershould be able to determine that the opto-electronic transfercharacteristic is similar to conventional one, and that anHDR-compatible receiver should be able to determine that theopto-electronic transfer characteristic is the HDR opto-electronictransfer characteristic.

An object of the present technology is to enable both the conventionalreceiver and the HDR-compatible receiver to well perform electro-opticalconversion processing on the transmission video data obtained by usingthe HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic.

Solutions to Problems

A concept of the present technology lies in

a transmission apparatus including:

an opto-electronic conversion unit configured to perform high dynamicrange opto-electronic conversion on high dynamic range video data toobtain transmission video data;

an encoding unit configured to perform encoding processing on thetransmission video data to obtain video stream;

a transmission unit configured to transmit a container of apredetermined format including the video stream; and

an information insertion unit configured to insert metadata informationindicating a standard dynamic range opto-electronic transfercharacteristic into a layer of the video stream, and to insert metadatainformation indicating the high dynamic range opto-electronic transfercharacteristic into at least one of the layer of the video stream and alayer of the container.

In the present technology, the opto-electronic conversion unit performshigh dynamic range opto-electronic conversion on the high dynamic rangevideo data to obtain the transmission video data. In this case, forexample, a high dynamic range opto-electronic transfer characteristic(new gamma characteristic) including a region compatible with theconventional opto-electronic transfer characteristic (gammacharacteristic) may be used.

The encoding unit performs encoding processing on the transmission videodata to obtain the video stream. The transmission unit transmits thecontainer of a predetermined format including this video stream. Forexample, the container may be a transport stream (MPEG-2 TS) employed bydigital broadcasting standards. In addition, for example, the containermay be a container in a format of MP4 used for distribution on theInternet or the like, or a container in a format other than MP4.

The information insertion unit inserts the metadata informationindicating the standard dynamic range opto-electronic transfercharacteristic into the layer of the video stream, and inserts themetadata information indicating the high dynamic range opto-electronictransfer characteristic into at least one of the layer of the videostream and the layer of the container.

For example, when inserting the metadata information indicating the highdynamic range opto-electronic transfer characteristic into the layer ofthe video stream, the information insertion unit may insert the metadatainformation indicating the standard dynamic range opto-electronictransfer characteristic into a first region in the video stream, andinsert the metadata information indicating the high dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic into a second region differentfrom the first region in the video stream. In this case, for example,the first region may be a region of an SPS NAL unit, and the secondregion may be a region of an SEI NAL unit.

In addition, for example, the container may be a transport stream, andwhen inserting the metadata information indicating the high dynamicrange opto-electronic transfer characteristic into the layer of thecontainer, the information insertion unit may insert this metadatainformation under a program map table. In addition, for example, thecontainer may be a transport stream, and when inserting the metadatainformation indicating the high dynamic range opto-electronic transfercharacteristic into the layer of the container, the informationinsertion unit may insert this metadata information under an eventinformation table.

In this way, in the present technology, the metadata informationindicating the standard dynamic range opto-electronic transfercharacteristic is inserted into the layer of the video stream, and themetadata information indicating the high dynamic range opto-electronictransfer characteristic is inserted into at least one of the layer ofthe video stream and the layer of the container.

Accordingly, both of a conventional receiver and an HDR-compatiblereceiver can well perform electro-optical conversion processing on thetransmission video data obtained by using an HDR opto-electronictransfer characteristic. That is, the conventional receiver candetermine that the opto-electronic transfer characteristic is similar toconventional one on the basis of the metadata information indicating thestandard dynamic range opto-electronic transfer characteristic. Inaddition, the HDR-compatible receiver can determine that theopto-electronic transfer characteristic is the HDR opto-electronictransfer characteristic on the basis of the metadata informationindicating the high dynamic range opto-electronic transfercharacteristic.

In addition, in the present technology, for example, the informationinsertion unit may insert metadata information for display controltogether with the metadata information indicating the high dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic. In this case, for example, themetadata information for display control may include peak brightnessinformation. In addition, for example, the metadata information fordisplay control may include region information indicating a region inwhich brightness conversion is permitted. In this case, theHDR-compatible receiver can perform display brightness controlappropriately by using this metadata information for display control.

In addition, another concept of the present technology lies in

a reception apparatus including:

a reception unit configured to receive a container including a videostream obtained through encoding of transmission video data;

a decoding unit configured to perform decoding processing on the videostream to obtain the transmission video data; and

an electro-optical conversion unit configured to perform electro-opticalconversion on the transmission video data to obtain video data fordisplay,

wherein when metadata information indicating a standard dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic is inserted into a layer of thevideo stream and metadata information indicating the high dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic is inserted into at least one ofthe layer of the video stream and a layer of the container, on the basisof the metadata information indicating the high dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic, the electro-optical conversionunit performs high dynamic range electro-optical conversion with acharacteristic opposite to the high dynamic range opto-electronictransfer characteristic on the transmission video data to obtain thevideo data for display.

In the present technology, the reception unit receives the containerincluding the video stream obtained through encoding of the transmissionvideo data. The decoding unit performs decoding processing on the videostream to obtain the transmission video data. Then, the electro-opticalconversion unit performs electro-optical conversion on the transmissionvideo data to obtain the video data for display.

When the metadata information indicating the standard dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic is inserted into the layer ofthe video stream and the metadata information is inserted into at leastone of the layer of the video stream and the layer of the container, onthe basis of this metadata information indicating the high dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic, the electro-optical conversionunit performs high dynamic range electro-optical conversion with acharacteristic opposite to this high dynamic range opto-electronictransfer characteristic on the transmission video data to obtain thevideo data for display.

In this way, the present technology enables the high dynamic rangeelectro-optical conversion to be appropriately performed on thetransmission video data obtained using the high dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic to obtain the high dynamic rangevideo data that is good as video data for display.

Note that the present technology may further include, for example, abrightness adjustment unit configured to perform display brightnessadjustment on the video data for display. When the metadata informationfor display control is inserted together with the metadata informationindicating the high dynamic range opto-electronic transfercharacteristic, the brightness adjustment unit may perform displaybrightness adjustment on the video data for display on the basis of thismetadata information for display control. In this case, for example, themetadata information for display control may include region informationindicating a region in which brightness conversion is permitted, and thebrightness adjustment unit may perform the display brightness adjustmentin the region in which brightness conversion is permitted. In this case,the display brightness adjustment can be performed appropriately.

Effects of the Invention

The present technology enables both the conventional receiver and theHDR-compatible receiver to well perform electro-optical conversionprocessing on the transmission video data obtained by using the HDRopto-electronic transfer characteristic. It is to be noted that theeffect described in the present specification is only illustrative andnot restrictive, and may have additional effects.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of atransmission and reception system as an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of atransmission apparatus that constitutes the transmission and receptionsystem.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for describing an HDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an access unit of a head of GOP when anencoding method is HEVC.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the access unit other than the head ofGOP when the encoding method is HEVC.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a structural example of a dynamic rangeSEI message.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating content of major information in thestructural example of the dynamic range SEI message.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a structural example of a video dynamicrange descriptor.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a transportstream TS.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of aconventional HDR-incompatible reception apparatus that constitutes thetransmission and reception system.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of anHDR-compatible reception apparatus that constitutes the transmission andreception system.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for describing an SDR electro-optical transfercharacteristic, SDR display mapping processing, an HDR electro-opticaltransfer characteristic, HDR display mapping processing, and the like.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating another configuration example ofthe transmission and reception system.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a structural example of seventh andsubsequent bytes of a packet of “Vender Specific InfoFrame” to be sentfrom a set top box to a monitor when compatible with SDR.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a structural example of the seventhand subsequent bytes of the packet of “Vender Specific InfoFrame” to besent from the set top box to the monitor when compatible with HDR.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating content of major information in eachstructural example of the packet of “Vender Specific InfoFrame.”

MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, a mode for carrying out the invention (hereinafter referredto as “embodiment”) will be described. Note that the description will beprovided in the following order.

1. Embodiment 2. Variations 1. Embodiment [Configuration Example ofTransmission and Reception System]

FIG. 1 illustrates a configuration example of a transmission andreception system 10 as an embodiment. This transmission and receptionsystem 10 includes a transmission apparatus 100 and receptionapparatuses 200, 300. The reception apparatus 200 is a receptionapparatus that is compatible with a conventional standard dynamic range(SDR) and that is not compatible with a high dynamic range (HDR). Thereception apparatus 300 is an HDR-compatible reception apparatus.

The transmission apparatus 100 generates a transport stream TS of MPEG 2as a container, and places this transport stream TS on a broadcast waveor a network packet and transmits the transport stream TS. Thistransport stream TS includes a video stream obtained by performingencoding processing on transmission video data obtained by performingHDR opto-electronic conversion on HDR video data.

Metadata information indicating an SDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic (gamma characteristic) is inserted into a layer of thevideo stream. In addition, metadata information indicating an HDRopto-electronic transfer characteristic (new gamma characteristic) isinserted into at least one of a layer of the video stream and a layer ofthe container. In addition, in this embodiment, together with thismetadata information indicating the HDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic, metadata information for display control is inserted.This metadata information for display control includes peak brightnessinformation and region information indicating a region in whichbrightness conversion is permitted.

The reception apparatus 200 performs decoding processing on the videostream included in the received container to obtain the transmissionvideo data. The reception apparatus 200 can determine that theopto-electronic transfer characteristic is similar to conventional oneon the basis of the metadata information indicating the SDRopto-electronic transfer characteristic inserted into the video stream.The reception apparatus 200 performs SDR electro-optical conversion witha characteristic opposite to the SDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic on the transmission video data to obtain video data fordisplay. In addition, the reception apparatus 200 performs displaymapping processing, that is, display brightness adjustment, on the videodata for display, on the basis of peak brightness (100 cd/m²), displaymaximum brightness of a monitor, and the like.

The reception apparatus 300 performs decoding processing on the videostream included in the received container to obtain the transmissionvideo data. The reception apparatus 300 can determine that theopto-electronic transfer characteristic is the HDR opto-electronictransfer characteristic on the basis of the metadata informationindicating the HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic inserted intoat least one of the layer of the video stream and the layer of thecontainer. The reception apparatus 300 performs the HDR electro-opticalconversion with a characteristic opposite to the HDR opto-electronictransfer characteristic on the transmission video data to obtain thevideo data for display. In addition, the reception apparatus 300performs the display mapping processing, that is, the display brightnessadjustment, on the video data for display on the basis of the metadatainformation for display control inserted together with the metadatainformation indicating the HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic.

“Configuration Example of Transmission Apparatus”

FIG. 2 illustrates a configuration example of the transmission apparatus100. This transmission apparatus 100 includes a control unit 101, an HDRcamera 102, an HDR opto-electronic conversion unit 103, a video encoder104, a system encoder 105, and a transmission unit 106. The control unit101 includes a central processing unit (CPU), and controls an operationof each unit of the transmission apparatus 100 on the basis of a controlprogram.

The HDR camera 102 captures a subject and outputs high dynamic range(HDR) video data. This HDR video data has a contrast ratio of 0 to 100%x N (N is a number larger than 1) exceeding brightness of a white peakof a conventional SDR image, for example, 0 to 1000%. Here, a level of100% corresponds to, for example, a brightness value of white, 100cd/m².

A master monitor 103 a is a monitor for performing grading on the HDRvideo data obtained by the HDR camera 102. This master monitor 103 a hasa display brightness level that is compatible with the HDR video data orthat is suitable for performing grading on the HDR video data.

The HDR opto-electronic conversion unit 103 applies the HDRopto-electronic transfer characteristic to the HDR video data obtainedby the HDR camera 102 to obtain transmission video data V1. A solid linea of FIG. 3 is an HDR OETF curve indicating the HDR opto-electronictransfer characteristic. In addition, a dashed line b of FIG. 3 is anSDR OETF curve indicating the SDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic. In this diagram, a horizontal axis represents an inputbrightness level whereas a vertical axis represents a transmission codevalue.

The HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic includes a regioncompatible with the SDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic. Thatis, the curves of both characteristics match until the input brightnesslevel becomes a compatibility limit value of both characteristics. Whenthe input brightness level is the compatibility limit value, thetransmission code value is a compatibility level SP. In the HDRopto-electronic transfer characteristic, when the input brightness levelis a peak brightness PL, the transmission code value is a peak level MP.

An HDR display reference threshold CL indicates a boundary between aregion in which matching is performed as brightness to be displayed onthe monitor (CE monitor) on a receiver side and a CE monitor dependentregion. When the input brightness level is a compatibility limit valueCL, the transmission code value is a threshold level CP. Note that inthe SDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic, when the inputbrightness level is an SDR characteristic representation limitbrightness SL, the transmission code value is a peak level MP. Here, SLis 100 cd/m².

Returning to FIG. 2 , the video encoder 104 performs encoding, forexample, MPEG4-AVC or HEVC and the like on the transmission video dataV1 to obtain encoded video data. In addition, this video encoder 104generates a video stream including this encoded video data (videoelementary stream) by a stream formatter (not illustrated) provided in asubsequent stage.

At this time, the video encoder 104 inserts the metadata informationindicating the SDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic into thelayer of the video stream. That is, the video encoder 104 insertsmetadata information “Transfer characteristics 1” into a region of videousability information (VUI) of an SPS NAL unit of an access unit (AU).

In addition, the video encoder 104 inserts the metadata informationindicating the HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic and themetadata information for display control into the layer of the videostream. That is, the video encoder 104 inserts a newly defined dynamicrange SEI message into an “SEIs” section of the access unit (AU).

FIG. 4 illustrates an access unit of a head of group of pictures (GOP)when an encoding method is HEVC. In addition, FIG. 5 illustrates theaccess unit other than the head of GOP when the encoding method is HEVC.For the HEVC encoding method, an SEI message group for decoding “PrefixSEIs” is arranged before slices in which pixel data is encoded, andafter these slices, an SEI message group for display “Suffix_SEIs” isarranged. As illustrated in FIG. 4 , FIG. 5 , the dynamic range SEImessage is arranged as the SEI message group “Suffix_SEIs.”

FIG. 6 illustrates a structural example (syntax) of the dynamic rangeSEI message. FIG. 7 illustrates content of major information (semantics)in the structural example. An eight-bit field of“transfer_characteristics2” designates the HDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic. An eight-bit field of “number_of_bits” represents thenumber_of_bits of encoded pixel.

A 16-bit field of “minimum_brightness_value” represents minimum levelbrightness (cd/m²). A 16-bit field of “peak_level” represents a maximumlevel relative value (%). A 16-bit field of “peak_level_brightness”represents maximum level brightness (cd/m²), and corresponds to the peakbrightness PL in FIG. 3 .

A 16-bit field of “compliant_threshold_level” represents a threshold (%)at a time of display level mapping. A 16-bit field of“compliant_threshold_level_value” represents brightness (cd/m²) thatserves as the threshold at a time of display level mapping, andcorresponds to the HDR display reference threshold CL in FIG. 3 .

Returning to FIG. 2 , the system encoder 105 generates the transportstream TS including the video stream VS generated by the video encoder104. Then, the transmission unit 106 places this transport stream TS ona broadcast wave or a network packet and transmits the transport streamTS to the reception apparatuses 200, 300.

An operation of the transmission apparatus 100 illustrated in FIG. 2will be described briefly. The HDR video data obtained through capturingby the HDR camera 102 is supplied to the HDR opto-electronic conversionunit 103. The HDR video data obtained by the HDR camera 102 undergoesgrading using the master monitor 103 a. This HDR opto-electronicconversion unit 103 applies the HDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic (HDR OETF curve) to this HDR video data to performopto-electronic conversion, and obtains the transmission video data V1.This transmission video data V1 is supplied to the video encoder 104.

The video encoder 104 performs encoding such as, for example, MPEG4-AVCor HEVC on the transmission video data V1 to obtain the encoded videodata. In addition, this video encoder 104 generates the video streamincluding this encoded video data by the stream formatter provided in asubsequent stage.

At this time, the video encoder 104 inserts the metadata informationindicating the SDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic into thelayer of the video stream. That is, the video encoder 104 inserts themetadata information “Transfer characteristics 1” into the VUI region ofthe SPS NAL unit of the access unit (AU).

In addition, the video encoder 104 inserts the metadata informationindicating the HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic and themetadata information for display control into the layer of the videostream. That is, the video encoder 104 inserts the newly defined dynamicrange SEI message into the “SEIs” section of the access unit (AU).

The video stream VS generated by the video encoder 104 is supplied tothe system encoder 105. This system encoder 105 generates the MPEG-2transport stream TS including the video stream. The transmission unit106 places this transport stream TS on a broadcast wave or a networkpacket and transmits the transport stream TS to the receptionapparatuses 200, 300.

Note that the foregoing description has indicated an example in whichthe metadata information indicating the HDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic and the metadata information for display control areinserted into the layer of the video stream. Since the dynamic range SEImessage can be sent for each picture in the most frequent case, it isalso possible to change the metadata information for each picture.Alternatively, the dynamic range SEI message can be sent, for example,once in a scene or in a rougher unit. Alternatively, even if the dynamicrange SEI message is sent for each picture, a static operation is alsopossible unless a value of the metadata information changes.

The metadata information indicating the HDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic and the metadata information for display control may beinserted into the layer of the container instead of the layer of thevideo stream or together with the layer of the video stream. Forexample, the system encoder 105 inserts a newly defined video dynamicrange descriptor under a program map table (PMT). This is sufficient ifthe static operation is sufficient.

Alternatively, if it is sufficient to know the metadata informationindicating the HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic and themetadata information for display control on a program-by-program basis,it is also conceivable to insert the video dynamic range descriptorunder an event information table (EIT).

FIG. 8 illustrates a structural example (syntax) of the video dynamicrange descriptor. An eight-bit field of “descriptor tag” represents adescriptor type. Here, this represents that the descriptor is a videodynamic range descriptor. An eight-bit field of “descriptor length”represents a length (size) of the descriptor, and represents the numberof following bytes as the descriptor length. Note that although detaileddescription is omitted, content of this video dynamic range descriptoris identical to content of the above-described dynamic range SEImessage.

[Configuration of Transport Stream TS]

FIG. 9 illustrates a configuration example of the transport stream TS.In this configuration example, a PES packet of the video streamidentified by PID1 “video PES1” exists. The metadata information“Transfer characteristics 1” indicating the SDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic (gamma characteristic) is inserted into the VUI region ofSPS of the access unit. In addition, the dynamic range SEI messagedescribing the metadata information indicating the HDR opto-electronictransfer characteristic “Transfer characteristics 2” and the metadatainformation for display control “peak level, threshold level” areinserted into the access unit.

In addition, the transport stream TS includes the program map table(PMT) as program specific information (PSI). The PSI is information thatdescribes to which program each elementary stream included in thetransport stream belongs. In the PMT, a program loop that describesinformation related to the overall program exists.

In the PMT, an elementary stream loop that has information related toeach elementary stream exists. In this configuration example, a videoelementary stream loop corresponding to the video stream (video ES loop)exists. In the video elementary stream loop (video ES loop), informationsuch as a stream type and a packet identifier (PID) is arrangedcorresponding to the video stream, and a descriptor describinginformation related to the video stream is also arranged.

A value of “Stream_type” of this video stream is set, for example, to avalue indicating an HEVC video stream, and the PID information indicatesPID1 appended to the PES packet “video PES” of the video stream. As onedescriptor, the video dynamic range descriptor describing the metadatainformation indicating the HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic“Transfer characteristics 2” and the metadata information for displaycontrol “peak level, threshold level” may be inserted. This descriptoris inserted in place of the dynamic range SEI message or together withthe dynamic range SEI message.

In addition, the transport stream TS includes the event informationtable (EIT) as serviced information (SI) for performing management on anevent-by-event (program-by-program) basis. The video dynamic rangedescriptor describing the metadata information indicating the HDRopto-electronic transfer characteristic “Transfer characteristics 2” andthe metadata information for display control “peak level, thresholdlevel” may be inserted into this EIT. This descriptor is inserted inplace of the dynamic range SEI message or together with the dynamicrange SEI message.

“Configuration Example of Conventional HDR-Incompatible ReceptionApparatus”

FIG. 10 illustrates a configuration example of the reception apparatus200. As described above, this reception apparatus 200 is anHDR-incompatible reception apparatus. This reception apparatus 200includes a control unit 201, a reception unit 202, a system decoder 203,a video decoder 204, an SDR electro-optical conversion unit 206, an SDRdisplay mapping unit 206, and a CE monitor 207. The control unit 201includes a central processing unit (CPU), and controls an operation ofeach unit of the reception apparatus 200 on the basis of a controlprogram.

The reception unit 202 receives the transport stream TS that is placedon a broadcast wave or a network packet and sent from the transmissionapparatus 100. The system decoder 203 extracts the video stream(elementary stream) VS from this transport stream TS. In addition, thesystem decoder 203 extracts various pieces of information inserted intothe layer of the container (transport stream), and sends the informationto the control unit 201. Note that when the video dynamic rangedescriptor is inserted into the layer of the container, since thereception apparatus 200 is not compatible with HDR, the descriptor isskipped over.

The video decoder 204 performs decoding processing on the video streamVS extracted by the system decoder 203, and then outputs thetransmission video data V1. In addition, the video decoder 204 extractsa parameter set or an SEI message inserted into each access unitconstituting the video stream VS, and then sends the parameter set orthe SEI message to the control unit 201. Note that when the dynamicrange SEI message is inserted into the layer of the video stream, sincethe reception apparatus 200 is not compatible with HDR, the SEI messageis skipped over.

The control unit 201 recognizes the SDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic (gamma characteristic) on the basis of the metadatainformation indicating the SDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic“Transfer characteristics 1” in the video usability information (VUI) ofthe SPS, and sets the SDR electro-optical transfer characteristic with acharacteristic opposite to the SDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic in the SDR electro-optical conversion unit 205. The SDRelectro-optical conversion unit 205 applies the SDR electro-opticaltransfer characteristic to the transmission video data V1 that is outputfrom the video decoder 204, and obtains display video data fordisplaying an SDR image.

A dashed line b of FIG. 12 is an SDR EOTF curve indicating the SDRelectro-optical transfer characteristic. In this diagram, a horizontalaxis represents the transmission code value and corresponds to thevertical axis of aforementioned FIG. 3 . In addition, in this diagram, avertical axis represents a display brightness level (output brightnesslevel), and corresponds to the horizontal axis of aforementioned FIG. 3. In the SDR electro-optical transfer characteristic, when thetransmission code value is the peak level MP, the display brightnesslevel is SL. This SL is the SDR characteristic representation limitbrightness as described above, and is 100 cd/m².

The SDR display mapping unit 206 performs display brightness adjustmenton the display video data obtained by the SDR electro-optical conversionunit 205. That is, when maximum brightness display capability of the CEmonitor 207 is DP, which is higher than SL, the SDR display mapping unit206 performs display mapping processing, that is, brightness conversionprocessing so as to cause the display maximum brightness level to be DP.An alternate long and short dash line b′ of FIG. 12 indicates oneexample of the brightness conversion processing in this case.

An operation of the reception apparatus 200 illustrated in FIG. 10 willbe described briefly. The reception unit 202 receives the transportstream TS that is placed on a broadcast wave or a network packet andsent from the transmission apparatus 100. This transport stream TS issupplied to the system decoder 203. The system decoder 203 extracts thevideo stream VS from this transport stream TS.

In addition, the system decoder 203 extracts various pieces ofinformation inserted into the layer of the container and sends theinformation to the control unit 201. Note that when the video dynamicrange descriptor is inserted into the layer of the container, since thereception apparatus 200 is not compatible with HDR, the descriptor isskipped over.

The video stream VS extracted by the system decoder 203 is supplied tothe video decoder 204. The video decoder 204 performs decodingprocessing on the video stream VS extracted by the system decoder 203 toobtain the transmission video data V1.

In addition, the video decoder 204 extracts the parameter set or the SEImessage inserted into each access unit constituting the video stream VS,and then sends the parameter set or the SEI message to the control unit201. Note that when the dynamic range SEI message is inserted into thelayer of the video stream, since the reception apparatus 200 is notcompatible with HDR, the SEI message is skipped over.

The control unit 201 recognizes the SDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic (gamma characteristic) on the basis of the metadatainformation indicating the SDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic“Transfer characteristics 1” in the video usability information (VUI) ofthe SPS, and sets the SDR electro-optical transfer characteristic with acharacteristic opposite to the SDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic in the SDR electro-optical conversion unit 205.

The transmission video data V1 obtained by the video decoder 203 issupplied to the SDR electro-optical conversion unit 205. The SDRelectro-optical conversion unit 205 applies the SDR electro-opticaltransfer characteristic to the transmission video data V1 that is outputfrom the video decoder 204, and obtains display video data fordisplaying an SDR image.

The display video data obtained by the SDR electro-optical conversionunit 205 is supplied to the SDR display mapping unit 206. The SDRdisplay mapping unit 206 performs display brightness adjustment on thedisplay video data. That is, when the maximum brightness displaycapability of the CE monitor 207 is DP, which is higher than SL, the SDRdisplay mapping unit 206 performs display mapping processing, that is,brightness conversion processing so as to cause the display maximumbrightness level to be DP (refer to the alternate long and short dashline b′ of FIG. 12 ).

Output video data of the display mapping unit 206 is supplied to the CEmonitor 207. This CE monitor 207 displays the SDR image that undergoesthe display brightness adjustment.

“Configuration Example of HDR-Compatible Reception Apparatus”

FIG. 11 illustrates a configuration example of the reception apparatus300. As described above, this reception apparatus 300 is anHDR-compatible reception apparatus. This reception apparatus 300includes a control unit 301, a reception unit 302, a system decoder 303,a video decoder 304, an HDR electro-optical conversion unit 305, an HDRdisplay mapping unit 306, and a CE monitor 307. The control unit 301includes a central processing unit (CPU), and controls an operation ofeach unit of the reception apparatus 300 on the basis of a controlprogram.

The reception unit 302 receives the transport stream TS that is placedon a broadcast wave or a network packet and sent from the transmissionapparatus 100. The system decoder 303 extracts the video stream(elementary stream) VS from this transport stream TS. In addition, thesystem decoder 303 extracts various pieces of information inserted intothe layer of the container (transport stream), and sends the informationto the control unit 301. When the video dynamic range descriptor isinserted into the layer of the container, since the reception apparatus300 is compatible with HDR, the extracted information also includesinformation on the descriptor.

The video decoder 304 performs decoding processing on the video streamVS extracted by the system decoder 303, and then outputs thetransmission video data V1. In addition, the video decoder 304 extractsthe parameter set or the SEI message inserted into each access unitconstituting the video stream VS, and then sends the parameter set orthe SEI message to the control unit 301. Note that when the dynamicrange SEI message is inserted into the layer of the video stream, sincethe reception apparatus 300 is compatible with HDR, the SEI message isalso extracted.

The control unit 301 recognizes the HDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic (new gamma characteristic) on the basis of the metadatainformation indicating the HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic“Transfer characteristics 2” in the dynamic range SEI message or videodynamic range descriptor, and sets the HDR electro-optical transfercharacteristic with a characteristic opposite to the HDR opto-electronictransfer characteristic in the HDR electro-optical conversion unit 305.The HDR electro-optical conversion unit 305 applies the HDRelectro-optical transfer characteristic to the transmission video dataV1 that is output from the video decoder 304, and obtains display videodata for displaying an HDR image.

A solid line a of FIG. 12 is an HDR EOTF curve indicating the HDRelectro-optical transfer characteristic. In the HDR electro-opticaltransfer characteristic, when the transmission code value is the peaklevel MP, the display brightness level is PL. In addition, when thetransmission code value is the threshold level CP, the output brightnesslevel is the HDR display reference threshold CL. As described above,this threshold CL indicates the boundary between the region in whichmatching is performed as brightness to be displayed on the monitor (CEmonitor) on a receiver side and the CE monitor dependent region.

Brightness information of PL and CL is included as the metadatainformation for display control in the dynamic range SEI messageinserted into the layer of the video stream and the video dynamic rangedescriptor inserted in the layer of the container (refer to FIG. 6 toFIG. 8 ).

The HDR display mapping unit 306 performs display brightness adjustmenton the display video data obtained by the HDR electro-optical conversionunit 305 on the basis of the metadata information for display control.That is, when the maximum brightness display capability of the CEmonitor 307 is EP, which is higher than PL, the HDR display mapping unit306 can also perform display mapping processing, that is, performbrightness conversion processing on the level exceeding the brightnessCL out of the output brightness level of the HDR electro-opticalconversion unit 305 so as to cause the display maximum brightness levelto be EP, as one method of display functions. A two-dot chain line a′ ofFIG. 12 indicates one example of the brightness conversion processing inthis case.

An operation of the reception apparatus 300 illustrated in FIG. 11 willbe described briefly. The reception unit 302 receives the transportstream TS that is placed on a broadcast wave or a network packet andsent from the transmission apparatus 100. This transport stream TS issupplied to the system decoder 303. The system decoder 303 extracts thevideo stream VS from this transport stream TS.

In addition, the system decoder 303 extracts various pieces ofinformation inserted into the layer of the container and sends theinformation to the control unit 301. Note that when the video dynamicrange descriptor is inserted into the layer of the container, since thereception apparatus 300 is compatible with HDR, the extractedinformation also includes the information on the descriptor.

The video stream VS extracted by the system decoder 303 is supplied tothe video decoder 304. The video decoder 304 performs decodingprocessing on the video stream VS extracted by the system decoder 303 toobtain the transmission video data V1.

In addition, the video decoder 304 extracts the parameter set or SEImessage inserted into each access unit constituting the video stream VS,and sends the parameter set or SEI message to the control unit 301. Notethat when the dynamic range SEI message is inserted into the layer ofthe video stream, since the reception apparatus 300 is compatible withHDR, the SEI message is also extracted.

The control unit 301 recognizes the HDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic (new gamma characteristic) on the basis of the metadatainformation indicating the HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic“Transfer characteristics 2” in the dynamic range SEI message or videodynamic range descriptor, and sets the HDR electro-optical transfercharacteristic with a characteristic opposite to the HDR opto-electronictransfer characteristic in the HDR electro-optical conversion unit 305.The HDR electro-optical conversion unit 305 applies the HDRelectro-optical transfer characteristic to the transmission video dataV1 that is output from the video decoder 304, and then obtains displayvideo data for displaying an HDR image.

The display video data obtained by the HDR electro-optical conversionunit 305 is supplied to the HDR display mapping unit 306. The HDRdisplay mapping unit 306 performs display brightness adjustment on thedisplay video data on the basis of the metadata information for displaycontrol. That is, when the maximum brightness display capability of theCE monitor 307 is EP, which is higher than PL, the HDR display mappingunit 306 performs display mapping processing, that is, performbrightness conversion processing on the level exceeding the brightnessCL out of the output brightness level of the HDR electro-opticalconversion unit 305 so as to cause the display maximum brightness levelto be EP (refer to the two-dot chain line a′ of FIG. 12 ).

Output video data of the display mapping unit 306 is supplied to the CEmonitor 307. This CE monitor 307 displays the HDR image that undergoesdisplay brightness adjustment.

As described above, in the transmission and reception system 10illustrated in FIG. 1 , the metadata information indicating the SDRopto-electronic transfer characteristic (gamma characteristic) isinserted into the layer of the video stream, and the metadatainformation indicating the HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic(new gamma characteristic) is inserted into at least one of the layer ofthe video stream and the layer of the container. Therefore, both theconventional receiver and the HDR-compatible receiver can well performelectro-optical conversion processing on the transmission video data V1obtained by using the HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic.

That is, the conventional receiver (reception apparatus 200) candetermine that the opto-electronic transfer characteristic is similar toconventional one on the basis of the metadata information indicating theSDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic. In addition, theHDR-compatible receiver (reception apparatus 300) can determine that theopto-electronic transfer characteristic is the HDR opto-electronictransfer characteristic on the basis of the metadata informationindicating the HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic. Therefore,both the conventional receiver and the HDR-compatible receiver can wellperform electro-optical conversion processing on the transmission videodata V1 obtained by using the HDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic.

In addition, in the transmission and reception system 10 illustrated inFIG. 1 , the metadata information for display control is insertedtogether with the metadata information indicating the HDRopto-electronic transfer characteristic. Therefore, the HDR-compatiblereceiver can properly perform the display brightness control by usingthis metadata information for display control. In this case, themetadata information for display control includes region informationindicating a region in which brightness conversion is permitted, and forexample, the brightness conversion according to the display brightnesscapability of the CE monitor 307 is performed only in the region inwhich the brightness conversion is permitted, which makes it possible towell reproduce brightness atmosphere intended by a production side.

2. Variations

Note that the above-described embodiment has described an example inwhich, in the reception apparatuses 200, 300, the electro-opticalconversion units 205, 305 perform the electro-optical conversionprocessing and the display mapping units 206, 306 perform the brightnessconversion processing according to the maximum brightness displaycapability of the CE monitors 207, 307. However, it is possible to causeonly the electro-optical conversion units 205, 305 to perform theelectro-optical conversion processing and the brightness conversionprocessing simultaneously by reflecting the brightness transfercharacteristic on the electro-optical transfer characteristic (EOTF).

In addition, the above-described embodiment has described thetransmission and reception system 10 including the transmissionapparatus 100 and the reception apparatuses 200, 300; however, theconfiguration of the transmission and reception system to which thepresent technology is applicable is not limited to this configuration.For example, as in the transmission and reception system 10A illustratedin FIG. 13 , a section of the reception apparatuses 200, 300 mayinclude, for example, set top boxes (STBs) 200A, 300A and monitors 200B,300B connected by a digital interface such as (high-definitionmultimedia interface (HDMI). Note that “HDMI” is a registered trademark.

In this case, the video decoders 204, 304 and upstream sections areincluded in the set top boxes 200A, 300A, whereas the electro-opticalconversion units 205, 305 and downstream sections are included in themonitors 200B, 300B. The HDR-incompatible set top box 200A sends themetadata information indicating the SDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic (gamma characteristic) to the monitor 200B, for example,by using a packet of “Vender Specific Info Frame.” In addition, theHDR-compatible set top box 300A sends the metadata informationindicating the HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic (gammacharacteristic) and the metadata information for display control to themonitor 300B, for example, by using the packet of “Vender Specific InfoFrame.”

FIG. 14 illustrates a structural example of seventh and subsequent bytesof the packet of “Vender Specific InfoFrame” to be sent from the set topbox 200A to the monitor 200B. In addition, FIG. 15 illustrates astructural example of seventh and subsequent bytes of the packet of“Vender Specific InfoFrame” to be sent from the set top box 300A to themonitor 300B. In addition, FIG. 16 illustrates content of majorinformation in each structural example.

First, the structural example of FIG. 14 will be described. In theseventh bit to the fifth bit of the seventh byte, three-bit informationof “Display_control_type” is arranged. This three-bit informationrepresents a kind of display type. A numerical value “001” represents SDdisplay control, whereas a numerical value “010” represents HDR displaycontrol. Here, “001” is set.

In the fourth bit to the 0th bit of the seventh byte, five-bitinformation of “Display_control_metadata_length” is arranged. Thisfive-bit information represents a size of “Display_control_metadata” tobe subsequently arranged in the number of bytes. Here, “2” is set.

In the eighth byte, eight-bit information of “Transfer characteristics”is arranged. This eight-bit information represents the opto-electronictransfer characteristic. With this information, the electro-opticaltransfer characteristic for display is detected. “0x01” represents theSDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic (gamma characteristic),whereas “0x10” represents the HDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic (new gamma characteristic). Here, “0x01” is set. In the(8+1)th byte, eight-bit information of “Number of bits” is arranged.This eight-bit information represents the number of bits of encodedpixel.

Next, the configuration example of FIG. 15 will be described. In theseventh bit to the fifth bit of the seventh byte, three-bit informationof “Display_control_type” is arranged. This three-bit informationrepresents a kind of display type. A numerical value “001” represents SDdisplay control, whereas a numerical value “010” represents HDR displaycontrol. Here, “010” is set.

In the fourth bit to the 0th bit of the seventh byte, five-bitinformation of “Display_control_metadata_length” is arranged. Thisfive-bit information represents a size of “Display_control_metadata” tobe subsequently arranged in the number of bytes. Here, “12” is set.

In the eighth byte, eight-bit information of “Transfer characteristics”is arranged. This eight-bit information represents the opto-electronictransfer characteristic. With this information, the electro-opticaltransfer characteristic for display is detected. “0x01” represents theSDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic (gamma characteristic),whereas “0x10” represents the HDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic (new gamma characteristic). Here, “0x10” is set. In the(8+1)th byte, eight-bit information of “Number of bits” is arranged.This eight-bit information represents the number of bits of encodedpixel.

In the (8+2)th byte to the (8+3)th byte, 16-bit information of “Minimumbrightness value” is arranged. This 16-bit information representsminimum level brightness (cd/m²). In the (8+4)th byte to the (8+5)thbyte, 16-bit information of “Peak Level” is arranged. This 16-bitinformation represents a maximum level relative value (%).

In the (8+6)th byte to the (8+7)th byte, 16-bit information of “PeakLevel Brightness” is arranged. This 16-bit information representsmaximum level brightness (cd/m²). In the (8+8)th byte to the (8+9)thbyte, 16-bit information of “Compliant_threshold_level” is arranged.This 16-bit information represents a threshold (%) at a time of displaylevel mapping. In the (8+10)th byte to the (8+11)th byte, 16-bitinformation of “Compliant_threshold_level_value” is arranged. This16-bit information represents brightness (cd/m²) which is a threshold ata time of display level mapping.

In addition, the above-described embodiment has described an example inwhich the container is a transport stream (MPEG-2 TS). However, in thepresent technology, the transport is not limited to TS, and even forother packets, for example, ISOBMFF and MMT, video layers can beimplemented by the same method. Therefore, the present technology isalso similarly applicable to a system with a configuration ofdistribution to a reception terminal using a network such as theInternet. In the distribution over the Internet, distribution is oftencarried out on a container of MP4 or other formats. That is, as thecontainer, containers of various formats are applicable, such as thetransport stream employed in the digital broadcasting standard (MPEG-2TS) and MP4 used for Internet distribution.

In addition, the present technology can also have the followingconfigurations.

(1) A transmission apparatus including:

an opto-electronic conversion unit configured to perform high dynamicrange opto-electronic conversion on high dynamic range video data toobtain transmission video data;

an encoding unit configured to perform encoding processing on thetransmission video data to obtain video stream;

a transmission unit configured to transmit a container of apredetermined format including the video stream; and

an information insertion unit configured to insert metadata informationindicating a standard dynamic range opto-electronic transfercharacteristic into a layer of the video stream, and to insert metadatainformation indicating the high dynamic range opto-electronic transfercharacteristic into at least one of the layer of the video stream and alayer of the container.

(2) The transmission apparatus according to (1), wherein the informationinsertion unit inserts metadata information for display control togetherwith the metadata information indicating the high dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic.(3) The transmission apparatus according to (2), wherein the metadatainformation for display control includes peak brightness information.(4) The transmission apparatus according to (2) or (3), wherein themetadata information for display control includes region informationindicating a region in which brightness conversion is permitted.(5) The transmission apparatus according to any of (1) to (4), whereinwhen inserting the metadata information indicating the high dynamicrange opto-electronic transfer characteristic into the layer of thevideo stream, the information insertion unit inserts the metadatainformation indicating the standard dynamic range opto-electronictransfer characteristic into a first region in the video stream, andinserts the metadata information indicating the high dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic into a second region differentfrom the first region in the video stream.(6) The transmission apparatus according to (5), wherein the firstregion is a region of an SPS NAL unit, and the second region is a regionof an SEI NAL unit.(7) The transmission apparatus according to any of (1) to (6), wherein

the container is a transport stream, and

when inserting the metadata information indicating the high dynamicrange opto-electronic transfer characteristic into the layer of thecontainer, the information insertion unit inserts the metadatainformation under a program map table.

(8) The transmission apparatus according to any of (1) to (6), wherein

the container is a transport stream, and

when inserting the metadata information indicating the high dynamicrange opto-electronic transfer characteristic into the layer of thecontainer, the information insertion unit inserts the metadatainformation under an event information table.

(9) A transmission method including:

an opto-electronic conversion step of performing high dynamic rangeopto-electronic conversion on high dynamic range video data to obtaintransmission video data;

an encoding step of performing encoding processing on the transmissionvideo data to obtain a video stream;

a transmission step of transmitting, by a transmission unit, a containerof a predetermined format including the video stream; and

an information insertion step of inserting metadata informationindicating a standard dynamic range opto-electronic transfercharacteristic into a layer of the video stream, and of insertingmetadata information indicating the high dynamic range opto-electronictransfer characteristic into at least one of the layer of the videostream and a layer of the container.

(10) A reception apparatus including:

a reception unit configured to receive a container including a videostream obtained through encoding of transmission video data;

a decoding unit configured to perform decoding processing on the videostream to obtain the transmission video data; and

an electro-optical conversion unit configured to perform electro-opticalconversion on the transmission video data to obtain video data fordisplay,

wherein when metadata information indicating a standard dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic is inserted into a layer of thevideo stream and metadata information indicating the high dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic is inserted into at least one ofthe layer of the video stream and a layer of the container, on the basisof the metadata information indicating the high dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic, the electro-optical conversionunit performs high dynamic range electro-optical conversion with acharacteristic opposite to the high dynamic range opto-electronictransfer characteristic on the transmission video data to obtain thevideo data for display.

(11) The reception apparatus according to (10), further including abrightness adjustment unit configured to perform display brightnessadjustment on the video data for display,

wherein when metadata information for display control is insertedtogether with the metadata information indicating the high dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic, the brightness adjustment unitperforms the display brightness adjustment on the video data for displayon the basis of the metadata information for display control.

(12) The reception apparatus according to (11), wherein

the metadata information for display control includes region informationindicating a region in which brightness conversion is permitted, and

the brightness adjustment unit performs the display brightnessadjustment in the region in which the brightness conversion ispermitted.

(13) A reception method including:

a reception step of receiving, by a reception unit, a containerincluding a video stream obtained through encoding of transmission videodata;

a decoding step of performing decoding processing on the video stream toobtain the transmission video data; and

an electro-optical conversion step of performing electro-opticalconversion on the transmission video data to obtain video data fordisplay,

wherein when metadata information indicating a standard dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic is inserted into a layer of thevideo stream and metadata information indicating the high dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic is inserted into at least one ofthe layer of the video stream and a layer of the container, on the basisof the metadata information indicating the high dynamic rangeopto-electronic transfer characteristic, the electro-optical conversionstep includes performing high dynamic range electro-optical conversionwith a characteristic opposite to the high dynamic range opto-electronictransfer characteristic on the transmission video data to obtain thevideo data for display.

Major features of the present technology is that both of theconventional receiver and the HDR-compatible receiver can well performthe electro-optical conversion processing on the transmission video dataobtained by using the HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic, byinserting the metadata information indicating the SDR opto-electronictransfer characteristic (gamma characteristic) into the layer of thevideo stream, and by inserting the metadata information indicating theHDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic (new gamma characteristic)into at least one of the layer of the video stream and the layer of thecontainer (refer to FIG. 9 ).

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

-   10, 10A Transmission and reception system-   100 Transmission apparatus-   101 Control unit-   102 HDR camera-   103 HDR opto-electronic conversion unit-   103 a Master monitor-   104 Video encoder-   105 System encoder-   106 Transmission unit-   200, 300 Reception apparatus-   200A, 300A Set top box-   200B, 300B Monitor-   201, 301 Control unit-   202, 302 Reception unit-   203, 303 System decoder-   204, 304 Video decoder-   205 SDR electro-optical conversion unit-   206 SDR display mapping unit-   207, 307 CE monitor-   305 HDR electro-optical conversion unit-   306 HDR display mapping unit

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 16. A transmission apparatus, comprising: circuitryconfigured to perform a high dynamic range opto-electronic conversion onhigh dynamic range (HDR) video data to obtain video data; performencoding processing on the video data to obtain a video stream; transmita container including the video stream; and insert first metadatainformation indicating a standard dynamic range (SDR) opto-electronictransfer characteristic into the video stream, and insert secondmetadata information indicating a HDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic into the container or the video stream, the SDRopto-electronic transfer characteristic and the HDR opto-electronictransfer characteristic each relating a brightness level to a codevalue.
 17. The transmission apparatus according to claim 16, wherein thecircuitry is further configured to insert third metadata information fordisplay control into the video stream.
 18. The transmission apparatusaccording to claim 17, wherein the third metadata information fordisplay control includes peak brightness information.
 19. Thetransmission apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the circuitry isfurther configured to insert the first metadata information into aregion of a sequence parameter set network abstract layer (NAL) unit ofthe video stream, and insert the third metadata information for displaycontrol into a region of a supplemental enhancement information NAL unitof the video stream.
 20. The transmission apparatus according to claim16, wherein the circuitry is further configured to insert the secondmetadata information into a region of a supplemental enhancementinformation network abstract layer unit of the video stream.
 21. Thetransmission apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the circuitry isfurther configured to insert the second metadata information intoprogram information or event information of the container.
 22. Aninformation processing apparatus, comprising: first circuitry configuredto acquire a container including a video stream, the video streamcorresponding to encoded video data, wherein first metadata informationindicating a standard dynamic range (SDR) opto-electronic transfercharacteristic is inserted into the video stream, and second metadatainformation indicating a high dynamic range (HDR) opto-electronictransfer characteristic is inserted into the container or the videostream, the SDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic and the HDRopto-electronic transfer characteristic each relating a brightness levelto a code value; and second circuitry configured to perform decodingprocessing on the video stream to obtain the video data, and perform anHDR electro-optical conversion, with a characteristic opposite to theHDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic, on the video data to obtainvideo data for display, based on the second metadata informationindicating the HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic.
 23. Theinformation processing apparatus according to claim 22, wherein thirdmetadata information for display control is inserted into the videostream, and wherein the second circuitry is further configured toperform a display brightness adjustment on the video data for displaybased on the third metadata information for display control.
 24. Theinformation processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein thethird metadata information for display control includes peak brightnessinformation.
 25. The information processing apparatus according to claim23, wherein the first metadata information is inserted into a region ofa sequence parameter set network abstract layer (NAL) unit of the videostream, and the third metadata information for display control isinserted into a region of a supplemental enhancement information NALunit of the video stream.
 26. The information processing apparatusaccording to claim 22, wherein the second metadata information isinserted into a region of a supplemental enhancement information networkabstract layer unit of the video stream.
 27. The information processingapparatus according to claim 22, wherein the second metadata informationis inserted into program information or service information of thecontainer.
 28. An information processing system, comprising: a receiverdevice; and a display device, wherein the receiver device includesreceiver circuitry configured to receive a container including a videostream, the video stream corresponding to encoded video data, whereinfirst metadata information indicating a standard dynamic range (SDR)opto-electronic transfer characteristic is inserted into the videostream, and second metadata information indicating a high dynamic range(HDR) opto-electronic transfer characteristic is inserted into thecontainer or the video stream, the SDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic and the HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic eachrelating a brightness level to a code value; and first processingcircuitry configured to perform decoding processing on the video streamto obtain the video data, and transmit the obtained video data and thesecond metadata information indicating the HDR opto-electronic transfercharacteristic to the display device, and the display device includessecond processing circuitry configured to perform a HDR electro-opticalconversion, with a characteristic opposite to the HDR opto-electronictransfer characteristic, on the video data to obtain video data fordisplay, based on the second metadata information indicating the HDRopto-electronic transfer characteristic.
 29. The information processingsystem according to claim 28, wherein third metadata information fordisplay control is inserted into the video stream, and wherein the firstprocessing circuitry is further configured to transmit the thirdmetadata information for display control to the display device, and thesecond processing circuitry is further configured to perform a displaybrightness adjustment on the video data for display based on the thirdmetadata information for display control.
 30. The information processingsystem according to claim 29, wherein the third metadata information fordisplay control includes peak brightness information.
 31. Theinformation processing system according to claim 29, wherein the firstmetadata information is inserted into a region of a sequence parameterset network abstract layer (NAL) unit of the video stream, and the thirdmetadata information for display control is inserted into a region of asupplemental enhancement information NAL unit of the video stream. 32.The information processing system according to claim 28, wherein thesecond metadata information is inserted into a region of a supplementalenhancement information network abstract layer unit of the video stream.33. The information processing system according to claim 28, wherein thesecond metadata information is inserted into program information orservice information of the container.
 34. The information processingsystem according to claim 28, wherein the receiver device and thedisplay device are connected via a High-Definition Multimedia Interface(HDMI) cable.
 35. The information processing system according to claim34, wherein the first processing circuitry is further configured totransmit the second metadata information indicating the HDRopto-electronic transfer characteristic to the display device by using apacket of Vendor Specific InfoFrame.